Quebec’s declining influence is good for Canada

[GreenFish66]

I heard a loud( apparently quite popular )French Lady, talkin up Canadian Politics, in an Ontario Tim Horton's today.Couldn't help but think to myself....Oh Great . Now the French/NDP are Everywhere...et Moi ..Je' ne parle le Francais, malheureusement..

Ok ..Un peu ..

Hell , I'm English, and still have problems with Proper English ..

Welcome to Canada Eh...

 

[cranky]

I heard a loud( apparently quite popular )French Lady, talkin up Canadian Politics, in an Ontario Tim Horton's today.Couldn't help but think to myself....Oh Great . Now the French/NDP are Everywhere...et Moi ..Je' ne parle le Francais, malheureusement..

Ok ..Un peu ..

Hell , I'm English, and still have problems with Proper English ..

Welcome to Canada Eh...

the confusion comes from the fact that english is about 40% french. If the two language had nothing in common, it might in fact be easier to learn as a second language.

Interestingly, the 3rd or 4th language is easier to learn if it has a common base. So stick with it, once you have learned french, it will make you are more latin based english speaker thereby making it easier to dabble in other latin based languages.

remember, learning a language is not a race, it is a marathon. We ought to enjoy and look forward to it being a long process.

 

[ironsides]

An absolutely perfect example of the tail wagging the dog.........

No political party that wished to gain power in Ottawa dared oppose Bill 101.

Quebec commands one quarter of the seats in Parliament, and Quebecers (somehow!) always manage to vote in a block (as just demonstrated so aptly) For years it was Liberal, then with Mulrooney all at once they switched to PC, then all in a mass to the BQ, and now as one, to the NDP. It is a complete mystery to me how this happens.....but it does.

For decades no party ruled in a majority without Quebec.......so no party dared confront Quebec.

The shocking part is that all provincial bills must be approved by the federal government before they become law, and the feds have the constitutional power to "disallow" any provincial legislation for any reason......and they approved Bill 101.

Thanks, that explains it.